Serpula octangula von Koenen 1897 (worm)

Sedentaria - Sabellida - Serpulidae

Full reference: A. von Koenen. 1897. Ueber Fossilien der unteren Kreide am Ufer des Mungo in Kamerun. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 1:3-48

Belongs to Serpula according to A. von Koenen 1897

Sister taxa: Serpula adnata, Serpula annulifera, Serpula batequensis, Serpula calannai, Serpula canalifera, Serpula careyi, Serpula carinula, Serpula conformis, Serpula conica, Serpula constrictor, Serpula distefanoi, Serpula geranae, Serpula granulata, Serpula intestinalis, Serpula lineata, Serpula monilifera, Serpula octoforis, Serpula pervermiformis, Serpula planorbites, Serpula planulata, Serpula prisca, Serpula pygmaea, Serpula quadrangularis, Serpula rectiformis, Serpula schubarthi, Serpula stolleyi, Serpula subtorquata, Serpula timorensis, Serpula triangularis, Serpula vertebralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki

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